Diane Mercier, Ph.D.
2015-12-18 12:31:15 UTC
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Sujet : [okfn-discuss] A map of the global civic tech community on
GitHub - groups connected via Poplus.org network
Date : Sun, 13 Dec 2015 10:55:09 -0600
De : Steven Clift <***@e-democracy.org>
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Check out this "map" of organizations and their open gov/civic tech
code on GitHub:
http://sbaack.com/2015/11/19/scraping-the-global-civic-tech-community-on-github-part-2.html
This is what was recruited first via the Poplus.org unconference in
Chile in May 2014 and then the big 3 month push I led to build
membership on the Poplus Google Group: http://bit.ly/poplusgroup
Imagine what we could do with this network if further networking and
connecting gained sustained support? Funding the silos is great, but I
think this map show an opportunity to dramatically boost code sharing,
knowledge exchange and more. Steve
From: Steven Clift <***@e-democracy.org>
Date: Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Poplus] Scraping the global civic tech community on GitHub
To: Stefan Baack <***@gmail.com>
Cc: Poplus - Collaborative Civic Coding <***@googlegroups.com>
If you haven't checked out the image of OUR org connections on GitHub
among those who joined the Poplus.org Google Group, see it here:
http://sbaack.com/2015/11/19/scraping-the-global-civic-tech-community-on-github-part-2.html
The Follower network:
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The Contributer network:
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So what do you "see" looking at these images?
What opportunities for greater connections and collaboration among
orgs/code might exist?
Who is still MISSING from your GitHub experience with civic code from
the Poplus network?
Steve
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Sujet : [okfn-discuss] A map of the global civic tech community on
GitHub - groups connected via Poplus.org network
Date : Sun, 13 Dec 2015 10:55:09 -0600
De : Steven Clift <***@e-democracy.org>
Répondre à : Open Knowledge Foundation discussion list
<okfn-***@lists.okfn.org>
Pour : newswire <***@groups.dowire.org>, OGP Civil Society group
<***@dgroups.org>, Open Knowledge Foundation discussion list
<okfn-***@lists.okfn.org>
Copie à : Stefan Baack <***@gmail.com>
Check out this "map" of organizations and their open gov/civic tech
code on GitHub:
http://sbaack.com/2015/11/19/scraping-the-global-civic-tech-community-on-github-part-2.html
This is what was recruited first via the Poplus.org unconference in
Chile in May 2014 and then the big 3 month push I led to build
membership on the Poplus Google Group: http://bit.ly/poplusgroup
Imagine what we could do with this network if further networking and
connecting gained sustained support? Funding the silos is great, but I
think this map show an opportunity to dramatically boost code sharing,
knowledge exchange and more. Steve
From: Steven Clift <***@e-democracy.org>
Date: Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Poplus] Scraping the global civic tech community on GitHub
To: Stefan Baack <***@gmail.com>
Cc: Poplus - Collaborative Civic Coding <***@googlegroups.com>
If you haven't checked out the image of OUR org connections on GitHub
among those who joined the Poplus.org Google Group, see it here:
http://sbaack.com/2015/11/19/scraping-the-global-civic-tech-community-on-github-part-2.html
The Follower network:
Loading Image...
The Contributer network:
Loading Image...
So what do you "see" looking at these images?
What opportunities for greater connections and collaboration among
orgs/code might exist?
Who is still MISSING from your GitHub experience with civic code from
the Poplus network?
Steve
Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org
***@e-democracy.org - +1 612 234 7072
@democracy - http://linkedin.com/in/netclift
http://1radionews.com - My radio app
Thank you James, this is great! Never thought about filtering out home
organizations :-)
You're right, the graph is a bit off. I think the problem is that my scraper
does not check whether a repo is forked. I had a similar problem with users
because users can be part of more than one organization of course, but I
wasn't sure how to reflect this in the graph. I decided that this is
tolerable because the colors should only give a rough sense of where an
organization located in the graph. I think a CSV file would be better for
the kind of analysis you did. Maybe I try scraping a bit more tomorrow,
GitHub doesn't like me right now :-)
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_______________________________________________organizations :-)
You're right, the graph is a bit off. I think the problem is that my scraper
does not check whether a repo is forked. I had a similar problem with users
because users can be part of more than one organization of course, but I
wasn't sure how to reflect this in the graph. I decided that this is
tolerable because the colors should only give a rough sense of where an
organization located in the graph. I think a CSV file would be better for
the kind of analysis you did. Maybe I try scraping a bit more tomorrow,
GitHub doesn't like me right now :-)
Note that there is some overcounting when counting the distinct
organizations to which a user contributed, because the organization of some
repositories is incorrect (e.g. alaveteli is mysociety, not Sobanukirwa).
However, the graph has only one alaveteli, so there is no overcounting of
repositories - as far as I can tell.
--organizations to which a user contributed, because the organization of some
repositories is incorrect (e.g. alaveteli is mysociety, not Sobanukirwa).
However, the graph has only one alaveteli, so there is no overcounting of
repositories - as far as I can tell.
Nice! I have been curious to know who contributes the most *outside*
their home organizations. rgrp is indeed prolific, but 115 of his 133
repositories are within the okfn organization. If we remove people’s home
47 jpmckinney
22 dracos
21 mhl
19 zarino
18 konklone
17 duncanparkes
16 invalid-email-address
16 rgrp
16 andylolz
16 evdb
I see I’m in good company! :)
The code for this is at
https://gist.github.com/jpmckinney/56632f96808ef1ee326d
The script can also print out the top organizations to which those users
47 jpmckinney
10 mysociety
8 datamade
6 sunlightlabs
22 dracos
3 datauy
3 ciudadanointeligente
3 openpolis
21 mhl
3 ciudadanointeligente
3 datauy
3 Sobanukirwa
19 zarino
2 openpolis
2 openaustralia
2 openstate
18 konklone
4 codeforamerica
3 datamade
2 civio
17 duncanparkes
2 Code4SA
2 TEDICpy
2 Sobanukirwa
16 invalid-email-address
3 ushahidi
3 appsembler
3 hasadna
16 rgrp
2 codeforamerica
2 opengovfoundation
2 g0v
16 andylolz
3 everypolitician
2 g0v
2 datauy
16 evdb
3 ciudadanointeligente
2 Sobanukirwa
2 openstate
If you instead look for the number of organizations to which users
contributed outside their home organization(s) (regardless of the number of
repositories contributed to within those organizations), the list is a
17 jpmckinney
13 rgrp
13 pudo
13 zarino
12 duncanparkes
12 nickstenning
12 dracos
12 mhl
11 andylolz
10 henare
Thanks for getting this data together!
James
their home organizations. rgrp is indeed prolific, but 115 of his 133
repositories are within the okfn organization. If we remove people’s home
47 jpmckinney
22 dracos
21 mhl
19 zarino
18 konklone
17 duncanparkes
16 invalid-email-address
16 rgrp
16 andylolz
16 evdb
I see I’m in good company! :)
The code for this is at
https://gist.github.com/jpmckinney/56632f96808ef1ee326d
The script can also print out the top organizations to which those users
47 jpmckinney
10 mysociety
8 datamade
6 sunlightlabs
22 dracos
3 datauy
3 ciudadanointeligente
3 openpolis
21 mhl
3 ciudadanointeligente
3 datauy
3 Sobanukirwa
19 zarino
2 openpolis
2 openaustralia
2 openstate
18 konklone
4 codeforamerica
3 datamade
2 civio
17 duncanparkes
2 Code4SA
2 TEDICpy
2 Sobanukirwa
16 invalid-email-address
3 ushahidi
3 appsembler
3 hasadna
16 rgrp
2 codeforamerica
2 opengovfoundation
2 g0v
16 andylolz
3 everypolitician
2 g0v
2 datauy
16 evdb
3 ciudadanointeligente
2 Sobanukirwa
2 openstate
If you instead look for the number of organizations to which users
contributed outside their home organization(s) (regardless of the number of
repositories contributed to within those organizations), the list is a
17 jpmckinney
13 rgrp
13 pudo
13 zarino
12 duncanparkes
12 nickstenning
12 dracos
12 mhl
11 andylolz
10 henare
Thanks for getting this data together!
James
Hi everyone,
I’m a PhD student from the Netherlands and I’m currently working on a
research project about civic hacking at mySociety. In connection with this
research, I started a little experiment: scraping information about civic
tech organizations on GitHub to get a grasp of the global community. After I
posted a first draft on mySociety's community mailing list I got a lot of
feedback and help to compile a bigger, more complete dataset. As a result,
http://sbaack.com/2015/11/19/scraping-the-global-civic-tech-community-on-github-part-2.html
I hope it's interesting for you and I would love to hear your thoughts
about this :-)
Best,
Stefan
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I’m a PhD student from the Netherlands and I’m currently working on a
research project about civic hacking at mySociety. In connection with this
research, I started a little experiment: scraping information about civic
tech organizations on GitHub to get a grasp of the global community. After I
posted a first draft on mySociety's community mailing list I got a lot of
feedback and help to compile a bigger, more complete dataset. As a result,
http://sbaack.com/2015/11/19/scraping-the-global-civic-tech-community-on-github-part-2.html
I hope it's interesting for you and I would love to hear your thoughts
about this :-)
Best,
Stefan
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IRC: #poplus https://webchat.freenode.net
Docs: http://bit.ly/poplusdrive
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